[note 1]) was a Flemish associate of William the Conqueror, who was rewarded after the conquest with a large grant of land in northern and eastern England, primarily in Holderness, where he built Skipsea Castle.
After the unexplained death of his wife Drogo fled England, supposedly for Flanders, and disappears from history.
[13] Drogo acquired his lands primarily from the holdings of Morcar of Northumbria, also from Ulf son of Tope.
[note 3] - he was rewarded by William of Normandy after the conquest with the Isle of Holderness, and was the builder of Skipsea Castle.
[15][1] Drogo poisoned his own wife, possibly by accident, after which he visited the King asking permission to return to Flanders, and borrowed money from him, and then left the country by sea.